la quiere como a la niña de sus ojosshe's the apple of his eye;he dotes on her

2(desear)[+objeto]to want

¿cuál quieres?which one do you want?;¿qué más quieres?what else do you want?;what more do you want?;hace lo que quiereshe does what she wants o as she pleases;se lo di, pero no lo quisoI gave it to him, but he didn't want (to take) it

querer hacer algoto want to do sth;quiere ser ingenierohe wants to be an engineer;lleva días que no quiere comershe's been off her food for several days;¿qué quieres comer hoy?what would you like for dinner today?

no quiero que vayasI don't want you to go;el destino quiso que volvieran a versefate decreed that they should see each other again;la tradición quiere que ...tradition has it that ...

este crítico quiere que Góngora haya sido loco

este quiere que le rompan la cabezathis guy is asking to get his head kicked in (familiar);¿quieres que me crea que tú solo te has bebido todo el whisky?are you asking me to believe that you drank all the whisky by yourself?

¿qué quieres que te diga?what can I say?

¿qué quieres que le haga?

¿qué quieres que le haga?

si se va por ahí sin hacer caso, ¿qué quieres que le haga?if he goes off without taking any notice, what am I supposed to do o what can I do about it?;si estudio y no apruebo, ¿qué quieres que le haga?if I study and still don't pass, what can I do?

¡qué más quisiera yo!if only I could!

¿qué más quisiera yo que ver juntos a mis hijos?what more could I wish for o want than to see my children together?

3(tener intención de)

no quería hacerte dañoI didn't mean to hurt you;al querer abrir la botella, saltó el tapónthe cork exploded while she was trying to open the bottle;quiso hacerlo pero no pudohe tried to do it but he couldn't

4(pidiendo algo)

quería dos kilos de patatas, por favorI'd like two kilos of potatoes, please;could I have two kilos of potatoes, please?;¿quieres darme tu nueva dirección?would o could you give me your new address?;¿querría participar en nuestra oferta?would you like to take advantage of our offer?;¿cuánto quieren por el coche?what are they asking for the car?;how much do they want for the car?

—¿puedes enviar tú el correo? —como usted quiera"could you take the post?" — "as you wish";mientras el jefe no quiera, no hay nada que haceras long as the boss is opposed, there's nothing to be done o nothing we can do about it

ven cuando quierascome whenever you like

como quiere

¡está como quiere!(España)she's a bit of all right! (muy_familiar);tiene tanto dinero que vive como quierehe's so rich he can live as he pleases

quiera o no

quiera que no

whether he etc likes it or not

quieras o no, eso cambiará nuestras vidaswhether you like it or not, that's going to change our lives;con el cambio de trabajo, quieras que no, se ha animado un pocoyou may agree or disagree, but the fact is he's perked up a bit since he changed jobs

querer es poderwhere there's a will there's a way

2(tener intención)

lo hizo queriendohe did it deliberately o on purpose;lo hizo sin quererhe didn't mean to do it;he did it inadvertently

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